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100	1		_aBrakke, David.
245	1	0	_aDemons and the Making of the Monk : _bSpiritual Combat in Early Christianity.
250			_a1st ed.
264		1	_aCambridge : _bHarvard University Press, _c2006.
264		4	_c©2006.
300			_a1 online resource (323 pages)
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
505	0		_aIntro -- Contents -- I. THE MONK IN COMBAT -- 1. The Single One: The Monk against the Demons -- 2. The New Martyr and Holy Man: Athanasius of Alexandria's Life of Antony -- 3. The Gnostic: Evagrius Ponticus -- 4. The Vigilant Brother: Pachomius and the Pachomian Koinonia -- 5. The Prophet: Shenoute and the White Monastery -- II. WAR STORIES -- 6. "The Holy and Great Fathers": Monks, Demons, and Storytelling -- 7. Ethiopian Demons: The Monastic Self and the Diabolical Other -- 8. Manly Women, Female Demons, and Other Amazing Sights: Gender in Combat -- 9. From Gods to Demons: Making Monks, Making Christians -- Afterword: The Inner Battle -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index.
520			_aDrawing on biographies of exceptional monks, collections of monastic sayings and stories, letters from ascetic teachers to their disciples, sermons, and community rules, Brakke crafts a compelling picture of the embattled religious celibate in fourth- and fifth-century Egypt.
588			_aDescription based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
590			_aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
650		0	_aMonastic and religious life-Egypt-History-Early church, ca. 30-600.
650		0	_aDemonology-Egypt-History of doctrines-Early church, ca. 30-600.
650		0	_aSpiritual warfare-Egypt-History-To 1500.
655		4	_aElectronic books.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _aBrakke, David _tDemons and the Making of the Monk _dCambridge : Harvard University Press,c2006 _z9780674018754
797	2		_aProQuest (Firm)
856	4	0	_uhttps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=3300083 _zClick to View
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